Microsoft outage drags on for hours, disrupting Outlook, Teams for businesses and governments

Verified: 105 outlets in 60 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 9 of them from the United States.

Microsoft services such as Outlook and Teams were disrupted for about 10 hours on Friday as the tech giant struggled to fix issues with some servers, hitting businesses and government agencies globally that use the popular platforms. In its latest update, Microsoft said efforts to improve serviceability were not progressing as expected. “Were identifying alternate workstreams that can be applied to increase capacity in the face of sustained traffic management imbalances,” it said. Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, showed more than 25,000…